COOPER

BORN HULL 22/05/1886. SON OF WILLIAM HENRY COOPER (1863-1942) & CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH FOX (1863-1941), AT 7 EDWARDS SQUARE, COOMMERCIAL ROAD, HULL. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. SON OF AN OIL MILLER. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS AN ENGINEER. HIS WIFE, MARY ISABEL COOPER & DAUGHTER LUCY, LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS (1911 CENSUS). ALSO RESIDED IN BEVERLEY. HE ENLISTED IN POCKLINGTON. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, IN FRANCE FROM 08/09/1914. KILLED ON THE 1ST JULY 1916, THE FIRST DAY OF THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO BOTH PARENTS. COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, ALBERT EDWARD COOPER, ALSO SERVED IN THE 1ST EASY YORKSHIRE REGIMENT AND WAS KILLED AT ARRAS, ON 09/04/1917, AGED 26.